“Weird Al” Yankovic’s 80’s movie UHF has a slew of interesting characters. I always wanted to draw them all but the task was too large of an undertaking. Then I came up with the idea of creating them all in the fitting 8-bit computer/video game style, which began in the early 80’s. I also created a few animated gifs of some of my favorite scenes.
Here are the characters (Right to left, top to bottom):
- Dog in the Punch Bowl (?)
- George Newman/Burger World (“Weird Al” Yankovic)
- Teri (Victoria Jackson)
- Stanley Spadowski (Michael Richards)
- Pamela Finklstein (Fran Drescher)
- Noodle MacIntosh (Billy Barty)
- Philo (Anthony Geary)
- Philo in his Zarquonian Form (Anthony Geary)
- Bob (David Bowe)
- Cameraman (Lou B. Washington)
- Uncle Harvey (Stanley Brock)
- Aunt Esther (Sue Ane Langdon)
- R.J. Fletcher (Kevin McCarthy)
- Fletcher Cronie #2 (Kevin Roden)
- Richard Fletcher (John Paragon)
- Fletcher Cronie #1 (Barry Friedman)
- Little Old Lady (Wilma Jeanne Cummins)
- Big Edna (Nancy Johnson)
- Bum (Vance Colvig Jr.)
- Blind Man (Francis M. Carlson)
- Kuni (Gedde Watanabe)
- Phyllis Weaver (Lisa R. Stefanic)
- Animal Deliveryman (Cliff Stephens)
- Raul Hernandez (Trinidad Silva)
- Crazy Ernie (John Cadenhead)
- Joel Miller (Adam Maras)
- Whipped Cream Eater as Dr. Demento (Barry Hansen)
- Billy (Travis Knight)
- Gandhi (Jay Levey)
- Timid Man (Robert Frank)
- Conan the Librarian (Roger Callard)
- Boy with Books (Jeff Maynard)
- Mud Wrestler (Belinda Bauer)
- Gorbachev (Herbert Glucksman)
- Mud Wrestler (Lori Wagner)
- Spatula Husband (Eldon G. Hallum)
- Sy Greenblum (Bob Hungerford)
- Joe Earley (Emo Phillips)
- Disco Dancer (Gary Sievers)
- Mike & Spike (? & ?)
- Earl Ramsey (Ivan Green)
- The Kipper Kids (Brian Routh & Martin von Haselberg)
- Guide #1 (Tony Salome)
- George Newman/Indiana Jones (“Weird Al” Yankovic)
- Bob/Bobo the Clown (David Bowe)
- George Newman/Uncle Nutsy (“Weird Al” Yankovic)
- Satan (Patrick Thomas O’Brien)
- George Newman/Town Talk with George (“Weird Al” Yankovic)
- Bartender (Robert K. Weiss)
- George Newman/Rambo (“Weird Al” Yankovic)
- Head Thug (David Proval)
- Killer Thug (Grant James)
- Thug #4 (George Fisher)
- Thug #3 (Bob Maras)
- Yodeler (Charles Marsh)
- George Newman/Band Singer (“Weird Al” Yankovic)
- Band: Bass Guitar (Steve Jay)
- Band: Guitar (Jim West)
- Band: Drums (Jon Schwartz)
- Band: Keyboard (Kim Bullard)
